Harness-saddle



UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

WILLIS A. GLOVER AND WILLIAM B. SMITH, OF TECUMSEH, ALABAMA.

HARNESSQSADDLEE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,944, dated January 25, 1881.

Application filed December 1, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIs A. GLOV'ER and WILLIAM B. SMITH, citizens of the United States, residing at Tecumseh, in the county of Cherokee and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Harness-Saddles; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to that class of harness-saddles in which rigid non-absorbent "pads are secured to adjustable bridgepieces on an arched frame so that the saddle can be properly adjusted to suit the horses back.

The invention consists in the construction .and combination of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and then set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a harness-saddle constructed according to our invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of one of the rigid non-absorbent pads.

The arched metallic frame which extends over the back of .the horse is composed of two curved side bars, B, which are each made of two parts pivoted or hinged together at the apex or top of the arch.

The hinge or pivot connection of the sidebars is effected byoverlapping the contiguous ends thereof and passing a pintle or stay-rod, 0, through the same, this pintle, after passing through side bars, being properly riveted or otherwise secured'in place.

Horizontal bottom flanges, D, formed on the outer sides of the side bars serve as a means for attaching the rigid pads E to the arched frame, the pads being screwed to them. The pads 'are generally made oblong in shape and are constructed of a zinc or other metallic shell, G, struck up from a single piece of metal and adapted to receive a Wooden filling or back piece, H. This filling or back piece is is secured to the metallic shell by turning the edges of the latter over said filling, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2. Pads constructed in this manner are light and strong, and are susceptible of being easily attached to the arched frame and detached therefrom when desired.

The pintle or stay-rod O at the apex of the arched frame carries a loose anti-friction or guide-roller, I, over which and a pair of similar rollers, J, located at the base of the frame, passes the customary back band or chain of the harness. The bottom guide-rollers are loosely fitted on transverse rods K, extending through the side bars of the frame, and these rods also hold in position a pair of an gle-irons or metallic plates, L, which partly extend over the rollers and prevent the back-band from slipping off, the back-baud passing between the angle-plates and rollers.

The hinge connection of the arched frame permits the same to be properly adjusted so as to adapt the saddle to the horses back.

For the purpose of obtaining a wider range of adjustment by more simple devices than have hitherto been used in connection with adjustable pad-frames, we provide a curved or bow-shaped fastening rod or piece, M, one end of which has an inwardly-turned pin, N, which is received by one of a series of holes, 0, made in one of the side bars. The other end of the bow-shaped piece M is provided with a horizontal screw-threaded shank, P,

which extends through one of a series of holes,

ness, as it will permit said back-band to work freely over the guide or anti-friction rollers, thus always keeping the traces even and equalizing the'draft on either side of the horses shoulders.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the bow-shaped fast ening piece or red M, having inwardlytnrned combination with the transverse pads having ends and a screw-nut, with the pivoted or wooden backs, as and for the purpose set forth. jointed pad-carrying frame having a series of In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures holes, as and for the purpose set forth. in presence of two witnesses. 2. A harness saddle-pad composed of a me T J tallic shell and a, wooden filling or buck-piece secured thereto by turning the edges of the shell upon it, as and for the purpose set forth. Witnesses:

3. The arched or curved bars constructed CHAS. B. PARKER,

10 with bottom flanges screwed to the pads, in J. O. DOTY. 

